(Ken) California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) will turn over Intellectual Property (IP) to HL7 for the ELINCS Lab Order Message Implementation Guide (IG) for the purpose of balloting it as a DSTU and the document can be distributed to the voters for their review. CHCF will maintain IP rights so that they can respond to the DSTU comments and the input from the pilots to update the document to be presented to HL7 upon completion of the pilot as release 2 of the document to become a Normative Ballot. This makes sense to me since CHCF is willing to do the heavy lifting and is bringing the document to HL7 to help facilitate engagement of the greater community at major milestones of their development cycle. It benefits HL7 as well as the greater healthcare community to have shared IP when organizations are actively promoting a trial use of their work efforts. If the TSC agrees, can we fast track this through the Executive Committee?

John asks Charlie to write up a half-page justification for him to use in requesting the SAIF CD be published for public reference. Charlie reports this is completed and John notes that it was received.

Patrick will inform Tooling that since external communication is needed that the communication plan approval process be documented. Patrick notes that this was completed.

Ed amends the motion on the care record to include the condition that the withdrawal of the previous project for ANSI purposes be completed in a timely manner. Woody seconds. Woody notes that we’ve never tried to ballot a DMIM individually but usually as part of a domain, where the domain is not being balloted but as topics. Austin and Ed note that Clinical Statement offers a precedent. There are not enough resources in the committee to do everything at once so it must be broken into topics.

Austin notes the release 3 is an update to an existing project, that could be closed. R2 was project ID 726, which is still open and just balloted in 2011September. They are still conducting reconciliation. Austin just wants to make sure the current project is closed out properly before Release 3 goes to ballot. ACTION ITEM: Ed will communicate that to the co-chairs of CIC.

Vote: unanimously approved.

Discussion topics:

(Ken) California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) will turn over Intellectual Property (IP) to HL7 for the ELINCS Lab Order Message Implementation Guide (IG) for the purpose of balloting it as a DSTU and the document can be distributed to the voters for their review. CHCF will maintain IP rights so that they can respond to the DSTU comments and the input from the pilots to update the document to be presented to HL7 upon completion of the pilot as release 2 of the document to become a Normative Ballot. This makes sense to me since CHCF is willing to do the heavy lifting and is bringing the document to HL7 to help facilitate engagement of the greater community at major milestones of their development cycle. It benefits HL7 as well as the greater healthcare community to have shared IP when organizations are actively promoting a trial use of their work efforts. If the TSC agrees, can we fast track this through the Executive Committee?

Austin provides history of the development of the ELINCS IG. Patrick also participated on this development. Extensive discussion ensued with Motion by Woody: TSC believes that a collaborative project with CHCF to develop the DSTU balloted under O&O, which makes strong technical sense, and look forward to receiving a PSS once the IP questions are resolved in consultation with the Executive Committee. Second by Ken. Vote: unanimously approved.